If you were wondering why Tim Tebow was wearing “Proverbs 3: 5-6″ on his eye black for Florida’s opener, Nancy Searles has provided the answer.

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The local realtor had her granddaughter Makayla, who lives in West Palm Beach, at the game and at the Gator Walk. She was carrying a sign that had “Proverbs 3: 5-6″ on it.

Writes Searles in an e-mail: “Never in our wildest dreams did we expect Tim Tebow to stop in the middle of the Gator Walk to come over to my granddaughter who was holding the verse PROVERB 3: 5-6 on a sign. He stooped over and said hello to her, my other two granddaughters Kelsey and Lindsay and her two friends Kendall and Hannah. While stooped over he told Makayla that Proverbs 3: 5-6 was a great verse and he would put that on his cheek for the game and HE DID.”

So now you know. And if you didn’t know, this is what it says:

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

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Pat Dooley shot an 85 at Augusta National. Tripled the 18th. Other than that, there’s not much to tell. Great wife, two beautiful daughters. Been at The Sun since 1987 and worked in Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale before that. Spent a year in Storrs, Conn. Actually, it was only five days but it seemed like a year. Likes Tom Petty, The Beatles, Weezer and long walks on St. Augustine Beach as long as they end at the Beachcomber. Reads every e-mail except those sent with Russian alphabet. Favorite sports are college football, college basketball, golf and cooking chili.